Local Election Results 2012
Sunderland
One-third of council up for election.
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By-elections for Sunderland (may be incomplete): 24th November 2005 (Barnes)
— 23rd March 2006 (Millfield)
— 27th September 2007 (Washington E.)
— 2nd May 2013 (Houghton)
— 27th March 2014 (St Anne's)
— 11th December 2014 (Washington E.)
— 12th January 2017 (Sandhill)
— 1st February 2018 (Pallion)
— 30th September 2021 (Hetton)
— 3rd March 2022 (Redhill)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
43485 |
61.3% |
22 |
| Conservative |
14783 |
20.9% |
2 |
| Liberal Democrat |
3958 |
5.6% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
3548 |
5.0% |
0 |
| Independent |
3376 |
4.8% |
2 |
| Green Party |
1620 |
2.3% |
0 |
| National Front |
122 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Rebecca Atkinson |
Lab |
2041 |
55.5% |
| Tony Morrissey |
C |
1486 |
40.4% |
| Gouilnara Dixon |
LD |
150 |
4.1% |
| Denny Wilson |
Lab |
1978 |
86.1% |
| Paula Wilkinson |
C |
215 |
9.4% |
| Paul Hillman |
LD |
104 |
4.5% |
| Derrick Smith |
Ind |
1679 |
55.2% |
| Ann Owen |
Lab |
1250 |
41.1% |
| Sue Sterling |
LD |
111 |
3.7% |
| Christine Marshall |
Lab |
1863 |
67.1% |
| Richard Vardy |
C |
590 |
21.3% |
| Caroline Robinson |
Grn |
246 |
8.9% |
| Matt Macdonald |
LD |
76 |
2.7% |
| Bob Francis |
C |
1758 |
48.1% |
| Margaret Beck |
Lab |
1657 |
45.4% |
| Geoff Pryke |
LD |
238 |
6.5% |
| Michael Mordey |
Lab |
1518 |
66.5% |
| Debbie Lorraine |
C |
360 |
15.8% |
| Pauline Featonby-Warren |
UKIP |
244 |
10.7% |
| Samuel May |
Grn |
159 |
7.0% |
| James Blackburn |
Lab |
1628 |
51.8% |
| John Defty |
UKIP |
1363 |
43.3% |
| Philip Dowell |
LD |
154 |
4.9% |
| Sheila Ellis |
Ind |
1697 |
51.9% |
| Gemma Taylor |
Lab |
1496 |
45.8% |
| Louise Smith |
LD |
74 |
2.3% |
| Bob Price |
Lab |
1058 |
45.5% |
| Paul Dixon |
LD |
888 |
38.2% |
| Keith O'Brien |
C |
164 |
7.1% |
| Paul Birleson |
NF |
122 |
5.2% |
| Helmut Izaks |
Grn |
94 |
4.0% |
| Amy Wilson |
Lab |
1541 |
66.7% |
| Peter O'Connor |
C |
365 |
15.8% |
| David Campbell |
Grn |
304 |
13.2% |
| Sylvia Doward |
LD |
101 |
4.4% |
| Ronny Davison |
Lab |
1887 |
78.6% |
| Lynn Kelly |
UKIP |
388 |
16.2% |
| Gwennyth Gibson |
C |
125 |
5.2% |
| Anthony Farr |
Lab |
1887 |
72.8% |
| Shaun Cudworth |
C |
706 |
27.2% |
| Susan Watson |
Lab |
1743 |
72.1% |
| Norman Oliver |
C |
339 |
14.0% |
| Emily Blyth |
Grn |
268 |
11.1% |
| Kathy Walker |
LD |
69 |
2.9% |
| Darryl Dixon |
Lab |
1755 |
55.3% |
| Alan Wright |
C |
1312 |
41.4% |
| Sue Wilson |
LD |
105 |
3.3% |
| Margaret Forbes |
C |
1649 |
51.3% |
| Chris Johnson |
Lab |
1161 |
36.1% |
| Rachel Featherstone |
Grn |
265 |
8.2% |
| Andrew Wood |
LD |
140 |
4.4% |
| Julia Jackson |
Lab |
1595 |
52.5% |
| Graham Hall |
C |
1221 |
40.2% |
| Chris Henry |
LD |
224 |
7.4% |
| Debra Waller |
Lab |
1830 |
69.7% |
| Mary Turton |
Lab |
1424 |
|
| Paul Tweddle |
C |
459 |
17.5% |
| Anthony Usher |
LD |
335 |
12.8% |
| Anne Hall |
Lab |
2286 |
73.6% |
| Malcolm Vardy |
C |
635 |
20.4% |
| Carol Attewell |
LD |
187 |
6.0% |
| Patricia Smith |
Lab |
1960 |
67.2% |
| Dominic McDonough |
C |
451 |
15.5% |
| Derek Horsley |
UKIP |
376 |
12.9% |
| Joella Lynch |
Grn |
128 |
4.4% |
| Rosalind Copeland |
Lab |
1582 |
66.4% |
| Terence Docherty |
C |
394 |
16.5% |
| Michael Leadbitter |
UKIP |
325 |
13.6% |
| Ann Hollern |
LD |
81 |
3.4% |
| Dianne Snowden |
Lab |
1999 |
65.7% |
| Erland Polden |
UKIP |
536 |
17.6% |
| Pat Francis |
C |
327 |
10.8% |
| Chris Ashford |
LD |
179 |
5.9% |
| David Snowdon |
Lab |
1721 |
56.5% |
| Hilary Johnson |
C |
735 |
24.1% |
| Linda Hudson |
UKIP |
316 |
10.4% |
| Tony Murphy |
Grn |
156 |
5.1% |
| Malcolm Bannister |
LD |
119 |
3.9% |
| John Kelly |
Lab |
2047 |
80.1% |
| Kathleen Irvine |
C |
349 |
13.7% |
| Kevin Morris |
LD |
160 |
6.3% |
| Louise Farthing |
Lab |
1802 |
65.1% |
| Martin Talbot |
C |
757 |
27.3% |
| David Griffin |
LD |
209 |
7.6% |
| Bernard Scaplehorn |
Lab |
2200 |
77.5% |
| Olwyn Bird |
C |
386 |
13.6% |
| Irene Bannister |
LD |
254 |
8.9% |
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